Dare is an AI-enhanced, open-access institutional repository that preserves, organises and intelligently searches theses, research papers, datasets and institutional archives — freely discoverable to the world at repo.dare.co.zw.
Anyone can browse and download for free — no account needed. Sign in only when you want to submit or manage work. · 📱 Get the free Android app
Jump straight into the live repository. Every link opens repo.dare.co.zw in a new tab — no login required to read or download.
Browse by faculty, department, institution and collection — the full structure of the archive.
Browse structure ↗Find every deposited work from a researcher, supervisor or contributing institution.
Browse authors ↗Scan the full alphabetical index of theses, papers, reports and datasets.
Browse titles ↗Explore by research area and keyword — from agriculture to public health to engineering.
Browse subjects ↗Follow the research record year by year, newest first, across every collection.
Browse by date ↗See the latest work added to the repository on the Dare home page.
Open Dare home ↗Dare isn't a single repository — it's a multi-tenant platform. Each institution gets its own branded, independently searchable repository on the same AI-enhanced infrastructure.
The flagship Dare repository at repo.dare.co.zw.
Explore ↗The institutional repository for Bulawayo Polytechnic College at bulawayopolytechnicrepository.dare.co.zw.
Explore ↗Get a branded repository for your university, college or research council on the same Dare infrastructure.
Request a Demo →Reading is open to everyone. A free account unlocks the depositing side of the repository — put your research where the world can find, cite and build on it.
Depositing rights are set by your institution. Not sure if you're covered? Talk to us →
Search, browse, read and download every open item, freely and anonymously.
Submit and manage your own research, track its reach, and represent your institution.
Dare runs on open DSpace foundations, enhanced with ChengetAI so discovery works the way researchers actually think.
Find work by meaning, not just keywords — RAG-powered discovery across full text and metadata.
AI suggests subjects, abstracts and classifications at deposit time to keep records rich and consistent.
Durable, standards-based storage for theses, papers, datasets and institutional archives.
OAI-PMH harvesting and persistent identifiers make everything interoperable and globally indexable.
Views, downloads and reach reporting for authors, departments and the whole institution.
Runs standalone or alongside an existing DSpace, Koha or OJS estate — deploy in days, not months.
A real native Android app — not a bookmark — with its own launcher icon and splash screen. It puts the whole repository in your pocket: search, browse, read and download theses, papers and datasets on your phone. Get it directly from repo.dare.co.zw.
Free Android APK, also mirrored at repo.dare.co.zw. iOS coming soon.
Open repo.dare.co.zw on your Android phone and tap download.
If prompted, allow installs from this source in your settings.
Launch the app — you're straight into the repository.
Find research, read and download. No account needed to read.
From sign-in to a permanent, citable link — depositing takes minutes.
Log in (or register) with your institutional account at Dare.
Add your file and a few details — AI suggests subjects and abstracts.
Your library checks the submission against collection policy.
Your work goes live with a permanent, citable identifier.
Yes. Searching, browsing, reading and downloading are completely free and need no account.
Only to deposit or manage work. Reading and downloading open items is open to everyone, anonymously.
Researchers, students and staff of participating institutions. Depositing rights are set by your institution.
Yes — a free Android app at repo.dare.co.zw lets you search, read and download research on your phone.
Theses and dissertations, research papers, datasets, reports and institutional archives — across every collection.
Yes. ChengetAI Labs deploys branded, AI-enhanced DSpace repositories — hosted or on-premises, with migration from your existing archive. Talk to us →